Eye of the Needle 10
Episode 7
Harry's sensor sweeps for space anomalies detect a wormhole which Janeway
diverts Voyager off course to investigate. Though a probe is able to determine that the wormhole leads homeward
to the Alpha Quadrant, the wormhole is too small to travel through. When the probe is scanned by a ship on the
other side, the crew begin using it as a relay satellite and make contact with a Romulan ship. Though the Romulan
captain is skeptical of Janeway's claim that Voyager is in the Delta Quadrant, he eventually realizes the truth
and offers to help transmit messages home. Later, B'elanna discovers a possible way to beam through the wormhole
to the Romulan ship, but this method of returning to the Alpha Quadrant is halted by an unforseeable problem.
A favorite episode. A great story in most respects. Character
development and interaction, strong Janeway moments, exciting story-just a bit too predictable and too much "Oh
no not that also" at the end. Still-Rating 10/10.
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Ex post facto 4
Episode 8
Kim returns alone in a shuttle from a trip to Banea which he made with
Tom Paris. After getting entangled with a scientist's wife, and by all accounts murdering the scientist in question,
Paris has been sentenced to relive the crime from the victim's point of view every 14 hours. Janeway, despite Tom's
admittedly less-than-exemplary record, needs to know for herself if Tom is guilty of the crime. When it turns out
that the Banean punishment is reacting badly to Tom's human physiology, he is taken back to Voyager. Mysteries
begin to pile up - why are the neighboring warlike Numiri attacking Voyager? And who really committed to murder?
The answers can only come from one source - Tuvok must mind-meld with Paris to experience the forced reenactment
of the incident himself.
A logical detective story with good old logical Tuvok
but boring zzzzzzzzz. Rating 4/10.
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